Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Richard Simm & Söhne Democratic Republic of the on a folded ribbon

on a folded ribbon

a crown with red enamel interior sits on the 12 o’clock arm

measuring 128 mm (w) x 38 mm (l)

with nearly all of the original gilt remaining

The pommel is constructed of bronze and consisting of a German national eagle perched on top of a wreathed mobile swastika

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Richard Simm & Söhne Democratic Republic of the on a folded ribbon(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central mobile swastika, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse six oclock arm with an initial institution date of 1813, the suspension loop